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Dubai Metro

Dubai Metroمترو دبي

Background

Locale Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Transit type Rapid transit

Number of lines 2 complete0 under construction3 proposed

Number of stations 44 open, 3 not open

Operation

Began operation 9 September 2009

Operator(s) Serco/Roads & Transport Authority

Technical

System length 74.6 km (46.4 mi)

Track gauge 1435 mm

Electrification Third rail, 750 V DC[1]

The Dubai Metro (in Arabic: مترو دبي) is a driverless, fully automated metro rail network in the United ArabEmirates city of Dubai. The Red Line and Green Line are operational, with three further lines planned. These firsttwo lines run underground in the city centre and on elevated viaducts elsewhere (elevated railway).[2] All trains andstations are air conditioned with platform edge doors to make this possible.The first section of the Red Line, covering 10 stations, was ceremonially inaugurated at 9:09:09 PM on 9 September2009, by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai,[3] with the line opening to the public at 6 AM on 10September.[4] The Dubai Metro is the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula.[5] More than 110,000people, which is nearly 10 per cent of Dubai’s population, used the Metro in its first two days of operation.[6] TheDubai Metro carried 10 million passengers from launch on 9 September 2009 to 9 February 2010 with 11 stationsoperational on the Red Line.[7]

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Guinness World Records has declared Dubai Metro as the world's longest fully automated metro network spanningat 75 kilometres (47 mi).[8]

Construction

Jebel Ali Free Zone station under construction inMay 2008

Ibn Battuta Mall station on the Red line

Planning of the Dubai Metro began under the directive of Dubai's rulerSheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum who expected otherprojects to attract 15 million visitors to Dubai by 2010. Thecombination of a rapidly growing population (expected to reach 3million by 2017) and severe traffic congestion necessitated the buildingof an urban rail system to provide additional public transportationcapacity, relieve motor traffic, and provide infrastructure for additionaldevelopment.

In May 2005, a AED 12.45 billion/US$ 3.4 billion design and buildcontract was awarded to the Dubai Rail Link (DURL) consortiummade up of Japanese companies including Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries, Mitsubishi Corporation, Obayashi Corporation, KajimaCorporation and Turkish firm Yapı Merkezi.[9] The first phase (worthAED 15.5 billion/US$ 4.2 billion) covers 35 kilometres (22 mi) of theproposed network, including the Red Line between Al Rashidiya andthe Jebel Ali Free Zone set for completion by September 2009[10] andthe Green Line from Al Qusais 2 to Al Jaddaf 1. This was to becompleted by June 2010.[11] A second phase contract was subsequentlysigned in July 2006 and includes extensions to the initial routes. TheRed Line partially opened at 9 minutes and 9 seconds past 9 PM on 9September 2009 (9/9/9 9:9:9), inaugurated by Sheikh Mohammed binRashid al Maktoum.[12]

Cost issuesThe construction cost of the Dubai Metro project has shot up by about 80 per cent from the original AED 15.5billion/US$ 4.2 billion to AED 28 billion/US$ 7.6 billion.[13] The authorities contradicted this, saying that the cost ofthe project did not overshoot. They attributed the increase in expenditure to the major changes in the scope anddesign of the project. The authorities also expect to generate AED 18 billion/US$ 4.9 billion in income over the next10 years; but they speculate that the Metro would not be a profit-making enterprise, since the fares would besubsidised.

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Delays

Dubai Metro Red Line Viaduct on 22 November2007

Work officially commenced on the construction of the metro on 21March 2006.[14] In February 2009, a top RTA Rail Agency official saidthe US$ 4.2 billion Dubai Metro project would be completed onschedule despite global crisis.[15] However only 10 out of 29 metrostations of the red line opened on 9 September 2009.[11]

Construction of the 18 stations on the red line and another 18 on thegreen line restarted on 7 February 2010, according to contractors, aftera settlement was reached with a Japanese-led consortium over disputedpayments of about US$ 2 billion-US$ 3 billion. Construction of all 29metro stations on the Red Line was declared complete on 28 April2010 by the acting chief of the RTA Rail Agency.[16]

Seven more stations on the Dubai Metro Red Line opened on 30 April 2010. Ten new trains were pressed intoservice, giving a total of 22 trains in service when the stations opened. The seven stations are, Emirates Station,Airport Terminal 1 Station, Dubai Internet City (TECOM) Station, Al Karama Station, Emirates Towers Station,Marina Station and Ibn Battuta Station. In addition to this, a further three stations were opened on 15 May 2010; AlQuoz Station, GGICO Station and World Trade Center Station. Furthermore, Business Bay Station, First Gulf Bank(Burj Al Arab/Gold and Diamond Park) Station, Sharaf DG (Al Barsha) Station, Nakheel (Emirates Golf Club)Station and Jumeirah Lakes Towers Station were opened on 15 October 2010. After much delay, Jebel Ali Station,the terminus of the Red Line on the Abu Dhabi side was opened on 11 March 2011,[17] and Jebel Ali IndustrialStation, renamed Danube Station, was opened on 12 December 2012.[18][19] No date has been set for the opening ofEnergy Station on the Red Line and no date has been set for the opening of the final two stations on the Green Line.

Operation

A station in Red Line

The Dubai Metro is operated by Serco under contract tothe Dubai Roads & Transport Authority.[20]

Before launch, Dubai Municipality Public TransportDepartment expected the metro to carry 1.2 millionpassengers on an average day, 27,000 passengers perhour for each line, and 355 million passengers per yearonce both lines are fully operational. It is plannedprovide transport for 12% of all trips in Dubai. Afterthe first month of operation (on a limited network), theactual monthly ridership was 1,740,578, which equatesto under 60,000 passengers/day.[21] After the openingof more stations in May 2010, ridership surged to103,002 passengers/day and reached 130,000/day bythe beginning of October 2010, though still short of theoriginally anticipated 140,000 passengers/day,[22] ridership is expected to rise to 170,000/day by the end of 2010.When the Green Line opened on 9 September 2011, ridership on the Red Line was noted as 180,000/day, with thenew line expected to add as much as 120,000/day to the network.

One issue for the new system will be how to reliably and comfortably get riders to their final destination if it is not located at a metro station. The RTA has changed and added "feeder bus routes" which act as shuttle services to and from major locations in and around the station area. There are bus and taxi laybys constructed as well as drop off

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zones at each station for ease of passenger access.[23]

In addition 268 km of light rail lines are also planned, these will serve as feeders to the Dubai Metro. The Al SufouhTramway is one of the light rail plans.[23]

Lines

Map of Dubai Metro. Stations in black ■ are open, stations in white □ are not. Dashedlines are under construction, dotted lines are planned.

The first two lines of the Dubai Metrowill have 70 kilometres (43 mi) oflines, and 47 stations (including nineunderground stations).[24]

The Roads and Transport Authority'smasterplan includes 320 km of metrolines up to 2020 to cater to theexpected 3.3 million population of thecity. There are plans for 268 km oflight rail tracks to act as a feedersystem for the Metro. The fate of thisentire network – which wouldreportedly be divided into Yellow, Orange, Magenta and Black lines – is now dependent on an economic recoveryand private investment.[25]

ProposedIn 2011, RTA stated that there are no "immediate plans" to build the Blue and Purple lines "in the next five or sixyears".[26]

• Purple Line: along Al Khail Road.[27] It will have about eight stations on the route, three with check in facilities.However, The Dubai Airports claimed that this was unfeasible as it did not pass through many localities. Theyhowever suggested opting for a "central terminal" similar to ones in the US where trains leave from inside theairport to the other airport with trains also leaving to the city. The RTA have taken this into consideration.

• Blue Line: along Emirates Road.[27]

• Yellow Line: Announced in April 2008[23]

• Red Line Extension: 15.5 km and six new stations, terminating at the border with Abu Dhabi. No dates forcompletion announced.[28]

• Green Line Extension: The line could be further extended by 11 km from Al Jaddaf to International City underthe Green Line extension project.[29]

Summary of complete and proposed lines

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Line Terminals OriginalProposed

CompletionDate

ConstructionStarted

Opened Length Stations TripTime[30]

AverageSpeed

Cost [31] Cost/Km

US$

RedLine

Al Rashidiya-

Jebel Ali

Sept 2009 August 2005[32]

Sept 2009(10 stations)

April2010(+19

stations)[16]

52.1 km(5 km

underground)

29(28

open)

68 – 69minutes

46 km/hr AED28.0bUS$7.6b

[13]

AED375.3mUS$102.2m

GreenLine

Etisalat -Creek

March 2010[23]

July 2006[33]

9 Sep 2011[34]

22.5 km 8 kmunderground

18(16

open)

38 – 39minutes

35 km/hr

PurpleLine

(proposed)

DubaiInternational

Airport -Al MaktoumInternational

Airport

by 2012[23]

No immediateplans [26]

Proposed 49 km [23] 8(0 open)

[23]

unknown unknown US$2.73bn[26]

55.7m

Blue Line(proposed)

DubaiInternational

Airport -Al MaktoumInternational

Airport

by 2011[35]

No immediateplans [26]

Proposed 47 km [23] 18? unknown unknown unknown unknown

List of stations

Jumeirah Lakes Towers Station

Dubai Metro is composed of at-grade (G) elevated Type 1, Type 2 andType 3 (T1, T2 and T3, respectively) underground stations (U) andunderground transfer station types (UT). Type 1 is the regular at-gradeconcourse station, Type 2 is a regular elevated concourse station, andType 3 is an elevated special track station with an extra track to hold anon operational train. Underground transfer stations will beaccommodating both the Red and Green lines for easy transfers.Besides these differences, there are four themes used in the interiors ofthe stations: earth, water, fire and air. Earth stations have a tan-browncolour effects; water has blue-white colour effects; fire has orange-redcolour effects; and the air has green colour effects.[36][37]

• Red Line:[36]

•• Rashidiya Station (Depot)• Emirates Airlines Station• Airport Terminal 3 Station – For all Emirates Flights• Airport Terminal 1 Station – For all Non-Emirates Flights•• Al Garhoud Station (GGICO station)•• Deira City Centre Station•• Al Rigga Station•• Union Station (Interchange, connecting with Green Line)

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Rashidiya Station

Khalid bin Al Waleed (BurJuman) Station

Dubai Metro Gold Section. The price of thissection is twice that of the economy section.

• BurJuman Station (previously Khalid bin Al Waleed Station;interchange, connecting with Green Line)

•• Al Karama Station•• Al Jafiliya Station•• World Trade Centre Station• Emirates Towers Station•• Financial Centre Station• Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Station•• Business Bay Station• Noor Islamic Bank Station (Al Quoz)•• First Gulf Bank Station• Mall of the Emirates Station•• Sharaf DG Station•• Dubai Internet City Station•• Nakheel Station•• Dubai Marina Station• Jumeirah Lakes Towers Free Zone Station•• Nakheel Harbor and Towers Station•• Ibn Battuta Station•• Energy Station•• Danube Station (Jebel Ali Industrial)•• Jebel Ali / Jafza Station

The main depot for the trains will be at Rashidiya just before theRashidiya Station, while an auxiliary depot is located at Jebel Ali Port.• Green Line:[37]

•• Etisalat Station (T3)•• Al Qusais 1 Station (T2)•• Dubai Airport Free Zone Station (T2)•• Al Nahda Station (T2)•• Stadium Station (T2)•• Al Quiadah Station (T2)•• Abu Hail Station (T2)•• Abu Baker Al Siddique Station (T2)•• Salah Al Din Station (U)•• Union Station (UT, connecting to Red Line)•• Baniyas Square Station (U)•• Palm Deira Station (U)•• Al Ras Station (U)•• Al Ghubaiba Station (U)•• Saeediya Station (U)•• Khalid Bin Al Waleed Station (UT, connecting to Red Line)•• Oud Metha Station (T2)•• Health Care City Station (T2)•• Al Jedaf 1 Station (T2)•• Creek Station (T2)

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The interior of a train

The train depot is located at Al Qusais just before the Al Qusais 2 Station.

Corporate brandingOfficials are negotiating with international and local companies over naming rights for 23 stations on the two lines.This corporate branding is the first of its kind.[38]

Trains

A train on trial in Dubai in February 2009

Japanese manufacturer Kinki Sharyo built atotal of 87 five-car trains for the Red andGreen lines.[39] They are designed to carry643 seated and standing passengers, andunusually for a mass transit system, thetrains have three classes of accommodation:Gold Class (first class), Women andChildren class, and regular Silver Class(economy).[40] The first train was deliveredto Dubai in March 2008.[39] The metro has

driverless operation and uses third rail current collection. Trained wardens accompany passengers to help withemergencies.[41]

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SignalingTo permit fully automated operation, Thales Rail Signalling Solutions is supplying its SelTrac IScommunications-based train control and NetTrac central control technology. This is configured for a minimumheadway of 90 sec. Maximum speed of the trains will be 90 km/h, giving a round-trip time of 2 h 23 min for the RedLine and 1 h 23 min for the Green Line.Red Line trains will initially run every 7 minutes off-peak, with a minimum headway of 3 min 45 sec providedduring the peaks, when 44 trainsets will be in service. From 2010, when 51 trains will be in service, the line willhave a peak-hour capacity of 11,675 passengers per hour in each direction. The theoretical maximum design capacityis 25,720 passengers per hour, which would require 106 trains.The Green Line will have an initial capacity of 6,395 passengers per hour per direction, with 16 trains in service. Thedesign capacity of this route is put at 13,380 passengers per hour, with 60 trains in service.[42]

Over 280,000 passengers used the Dubai Metro during the first week of its operation.[43]

Incidents and accidentsOn the first day of operation, one metro train broke down and passengers were stranded for two hours before beingpicked up by a second train.[44]

On 28 February 2010, thousands of commuters were affected after part of Dubai Metro's Red Line was closed after asmall fire on the track. A section of the Red Line between Al Jafiliya Station near Za'abeel Park and Terminal 3Station was shut at around 7pm and remained closed until Monday morning. Trains were evacuated at Khalid BinWaleed Station, Union Square Station and Al Rigga Station. A Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)spokesman confirmed there was smoke on the underground track between Union Square and Khalid Bin WaleedStations. However, RTA officials remained tight-lipped about what had caused the incident.[45][46]

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External links• Official Dubai Metro website (http:/ / www. rta. ae/ dubai_metro/ english/ home. html)• Dubai Metro Map (http:/ / www. dubaicityinfo. com/ maps/ Dubai_metro_map. aspx)• Dubai Municipality metro information (http:/ / vgn. dm. gov. ae/ DMEGOV/ dm-mp-metro)• Mydubaimetro.com – unofficial community resource website for Dubai Metro (http:/ / www. mydubaimetro.

com)• Dubai Metro Routemap (http:/ / www. emiratesnewsline. com/ dubai-metro-routemap. html)• Dubai Metro information website (http:/ / dubaimetro. eu/ )• Dubai Metro Stations Map (http:/ / dubaiinformer. com/ travel/ 3632/

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Image Sources, Licenses and ContributorsFile:Metro Dubai 2.JPG  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Metro_Dubai_2.JPG  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0  Contributors: User:ShahroozporiaFile:Jebel Ali Free Zone Station Under Construction on 8 May 2008 Pict 2.jpg  Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Jebel_Ali_Free_Zone_Station_Under_Construction_on_8_May_2008_Pict_2.jpg  License: GNU Free Documentation License  Contributors: ImreSoltFile:Metro Dubai.JPG  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Metro_Dubai.JPG  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0  Contributors: User:ShahroozporiaFile:Dubai Metro Red Line Viaduct on 22 November 2007.jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Dubai_Metro_Red_Line_Viaduct_on_22_November_2007.jpg  License:GNU Free Documentation License  Contributors: Imre SoltFile:Dubai metro rail & station.JPG  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Dubai_metro_rail_&_station.JPG  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Contributors: User:ShahroozporiaImage:Dubai map Dubai Metro.jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Dubai_map_Dubai_Metro.jpg  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Contributors: Mehrshad.paksirat, 掬 茶

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